Abstract: Pressure-responsive particles include pressure-responsive base particles and first inorganic oxide particles, in which the pressure-responsive base particles contain a styrene-based resin which contains styrene and other vinyl monomers as polymerization components and a (meth)acrylic acid ester-based resin which contains at least two kinds of (meth)acrylic acid esters as polymerization components and in which a mass ratio of the (meth)acrylic acid esters to all polymerization components is 90% by mass or higher, Db/Da which is a ratio of a number average particle diameter Db of the first inorganic oxide particles to a number average particle diameter Da of the pressure-responsive base particles is 0.05 or higher and 0.25 or lower, the pressure-responsive particles have at least two glass transition temperatures, and a difference between a lowest glass transition temperature and a highest glass transition temperature is 30° C. or higher.

Abstract: An analysis supporting apparatus includes an individual tracking unit configured to acquire behavior history information indicating a behavior history of each individual of a target animal, which is an animal to be analyzed, based of at least one piece of information among image information obtained by an image sensor that acquires an image of the target animal, acoustic information obtained by an acoustic sensor that acquires a sound emitted by the target animal, information obtained from a wearable sensor attached to the target animal, and information obtained from a terminal apparatus.

Abstract: Provided is a light shaping device including: an intensity modulation unit that modulates a spectrum intensity of an optical pulse that is input light, and outputs the optical pulse of which a temporal width is narrowed as output light. The intensity modulation unit modulates the spectrum intensity of the optical pulse with a mask expressed by a starting end wavelength from a central wavelength of the input light and a wavelength width.

Abstract: A power management system including a management apparatus configured to assign divided computation processing constituting at least a part of predetermined computation processing to a distributed computing device placed in a facility, wherein the management apparatus includes a receiver configured to receive a message including an information element indicating a type of a power source configured to identify electrical power allowed as electrical power to be used by the distributed computing device, and a controller configured to perform assignment processing to assign the divided computation processing to the distributed computing device based on the type of the power source.

Abstract: A column accommodation device (1) includes a housing in which a column accommodation space (4) is provided, and a chip column (6) having a plate-shape and having an internal flow path (40) filled with a separation medium (41) is accommodated in the column accommodation space (4). An outer surface of the chip column (6) is provided with openings (42) respectively communicating with both ends of the internal flow path. Inside of the column accommodation space (4) is provided with a guide (18) for guiding the chip column (6) to a predetermined position. The column accommodation device (1) includes a seal device (32) for connecting and releasing pipes (44) to and from the openings (42) of the chip column (6), and a controller (46) configured to perform operation control of the seal device (32), and the controller (46) is configured to fluidly connect the pipes (44) with respect to the openings (42) of the chip column (6) when it is determined that the chip column (6) is arranged at the predetermined position.

Abstract: A honeycomb structure made of ceramics, wherein the honeycomb structure includes: a borosilicate; and silicon particles doped with at least one dopant, the dopant is a Group 13 element or a Group 15 element, the silicon particles have a dopant amount (A) of 1×1016 to 5×1020/cm3, and the honeycomb structure has a silicon particle content (B) of 30 to 80% by mass.

Abstract: A screw compressor includes a screw rotor having a plurality of helical grooves, a first rotor configured to mesh with the helical grooves of the screw rotor, a second rotor configured to mesh with the helical grooves of the screw rotor, and a casing having a partition wall rotatably retaining the screw rotor and covering an outer peripheral surface of the screw rotor. The partition wall includes first and second envelope portions to form first and second compression chambers. The first compression chamber compresses a fluid introduced into the casing with a suction pressure to an intermediate pressure higher than the suction pressure. The second compression chamber compresses the fluid with the intermediate pressure to a discharge pressure higher than the intermediate pressure.

Abstract: A power management system including a management apparatus configured to assign divided computation processing constituting at least a part of predetermined computation processing to a distributed computing device placed in a facility, wherein the management apparatus includes a receiver configured to receive a message including an information element indicating executability of computation processing by the distributed computing device, and a controller configured to perform assignment processing configured to assign the divided computation processing to the distributed computing device based on the executability of the computation processing.

Abstract: A programming assistance apparatus assists programming with respect to a program that operates two or more devices including at least a robot in parallel. The programming assistance apparatus includes a device extractor, a determiner, and an alerter. The device extractor extracts an identification name of a device to which an operation command is issued per unit of parallel operation based on a description content of the program. The determiner determines whether there is a shared target device, to which operation commands targeting a same device in two or more parallel operations are issued. The alerter outputs an alert when it is determined that there is the shared target device.

Abstract: This optical module includes a cable including an optical fiber, and a connector module. The connector module includes: a circuit board having a first surface and a second surface; a metal housing in which the circuit board is disposed and which includes a plate-shaped portion facing the second surface; a resin housing in which the metal housing is disposed; and a heat transfer member which is disposed on the second surface. The plate-shaped portion of the metal housing includes a first region overlapping with the heat transfer member in plan view, and a second region located around the first region. The first region is closer to the second surface than the second region, and is in contact with the heat transfer member. A heat insulating region is disposed between the first region and the resin housing.

Abstract: An iterative Fourier transform unit of a modulation pattern calculation apparatus performs a Fourier transform on a waveform function including an intensity spectrum function and a phase spectrum function, performs a replacement of a temporal intensity waveform function based on a desired waveform after the Fourier transform, and then performs an inverse Fourier transform. The iterative Fourier transform unit performs the replacement using a result of multiplying a function representing the desired waveform by a coefficient. The coefficient has a value with which a difference between the function after the multiplication of the coefficient and the temporal intensity waveform function after the Fourier transform is smaller than a difference before the multiplication, and a ratio of the difference is smaller when an intensity is higher at each time of the function before the multiplication.

Abstract: A molded article with improved mechanical strength properties and thermal properties, and a method for producing the molded article. A composite molded article (C) comprising a cellulosic nanomaterial (A) and a thermoplastic resin (B), an area under a stress-strain curve of the composite molded article (C) (AUC1) being at least two times an area under a stress-strain curve of a melt-molded article (D) having the same composition as that of the composite molded article (C) (AUC2), wherein the stress-strain curve is a curve drawn with strain (unit: %) on the horizontal axis and stress (unit: MPa) on the vertical axis and obtained by subjecting the composite molded article (C) or the melt-molded article (D) to a tensile test, and the area is an area up to the horizontal axis from under a curved portion of the curve that is from the origin (stress: 0) of the stress-strain curve to a fracture of the composite molded article (C) or the melt-molded article (D).

Abstract: A screw compressor includes a casing containing a cylinder portion, an electric motor disposed in the casing, a drive shaft connected to the electric motor to rotate axially, a screw rotor disposed in the cylinder portion and connected to the drive shaft, and a gate rotor having a gate to mesh with a screw groove of the screw rotor. A compression chamber is formed by the screw rotor and the gate. A suction-side end portion of the screw rotor is formed in a cylindrical shape so that an outer peripheral surface of the suction-side end portion is along an inner peripheral surface of the cylinder portion. A seal portion to reduce a flow of fluid is provided on a first surface facing the outer peripheral surface of the suction-side end portion or a first end surface of the suction-side end portion in an axial direction.

Abstract: An ultrasonic generator has a speaker element having a first resonance frequency and a speaker element having a second resonance frequency. The first resonance frequency and the second resonance frequency are adjacent resonance frequencies in the speaker. The distance between the elements is set so that the sound from the first speaker element and the sound from the second speaker element have a predetermined relationship at a target position. The target position is two or more positions on the object located in the target space. A predetermined relationship is a relationship in which a sound from the first speaker element and a sound from the second speaker element strengthen each other at an intermediate frequency between the first resonance frequency and the second resonance frequency.

Abstract: Provided is a temperature sensor used in a molding machine, comprising a cylindrical fiber probe into which an optical fiber is inserted; a window support part formed in a cylindrical shape and into which at least a part of the fiber probe is inserted; a protective window disposed on a tip end side of the fiber probe while being at least partially inserted into the window support part; and a sleeve member formed in an annular shape, and having an inner circumferential surface in contact with an outer circumferential surface of the protective window and an outer circumferential surface in contact with an inner circumferential surface of the window support part.

Abstract: A screw compressor includes a screw rotor having a plurality of helical grooves, a first rotor configured to mesh with the helical grooves of the screw rotor, a second rotor configured to mesh with the helical grooves of the screw rotor, and a casing having a partition wall rotatably retaining the screw rotor and covering an outer peripheral surface of the screw rotor. The partition wall includes first and second envelope portions to form first and second compression chambers. The first compression chamber compresses a fluid introduced into the casing with a suction pressure to an intermediate pressure higher than the suction pressure. The second compression chamber compresses the fluid with the intermediate pressure to a discharge pressure higher than the intermediate pressure.

Abstract: A cell picking device includes a stage, a sucker, a driver, a work content receiver, a registrar and a device controller. A sample container is placed on the stage. The driver is provided to execute sample scraping work and sample sucking work using a pipette tip attached to the sucker. In a case in which selection of work contents of the driver is received by the work content receiver, a work procedure including the received work contents of the driver is registered by the registrar. The work of the driver is controlled by the device controller in accordance with the registered work procedure.

Abstract: A power management system including a management apparatus configured to assign divided computation processing constituting at least a part of predetermined computation processing to a distributed computing device placed in a facility, wherein the management apparatus includes a receiver configured to receive a message including an information element indicating a type of corresponding computation processing that the distributed computing device is capable of handling, and a controller configured to perform assignment processing to assign the divided computation processing to the distributed computing device based on the type of the corresponding computation processing.

Abstract: A power management system including a management apparatus configured to assign divided computation processing constituting at least a part of predetermined computation processing to a distributed computing device placed in a facility, wherein the management apparatus includes a controller configured to perform assignment processing configured to assign the divided computation processing to the distributed computing device based on at least one of a prediction value of an output power of a distributed power supply placed in the facility, a prediction value of power consumption of the facility, and a prediction value of a surplus power of the facility.

Abstract: An optical pulse train generation device includes a storage unit and a characteristic setting unit. The storage unit stores a plurality of phase patterns in advance. The plurality of phase patterns are phase patterns for forming, from a first optical pulse, an optical pulse train including a plurality of second optical pulses having time differences therebetween and having different center wavelengths. Between the plurality of phase patterns, one or both of a first characteristic regarding the first optical pulse and a second characteristic regarding the optical pulse train are different. The characteristic setting unit sets the first characteristic and the second characteristic in response to the user's input. The storage unit stores the plurality of phase patterns in association with the first characteristic and the second characteristic. A spatial light modulator displays a phase pattern corresponding to the first characteristic and the second characteristic set by the characteristic setting unit.